The Straits Budget, 23 April 1914

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1 12 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXVIII No. 2932 Singapore. Thursday. April 23.1914. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CEATURV. Price 25 cents.
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  • 263 1 LEADERS— Ayer Panas Profits 10 Chiu* in the Throes 10 America and Mexico ...10 11 The Army and Home Rule 11 Strategical Occupation 11-12 Batavia Exhibition 12 Local and Gknkral Local and Personal 1-2 America and Mexico 3 Alor Star to Siugora by Motor 3 Revolutionary China
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  • 5098 1 onV ,l n:unnn Diet 'his death by drowning u, s,l;i y uudf'r particularly gruesome circu'.iMtanceH. H 0 was in cliatgo of a j 1 1 111 loaded with iron rails, which js blinking down the river. When ,‘V !U,! riiug Malacca police station he 1 s oat
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  • 2284 3 Reuter’s Teleoram. London, April 16. When the American fleet now ordered to Tauipico arrives, there will bo eleven drJuoughts besides vessels of every Krtick of the navy and the landing force aggregate 15,000. The fleet actually Tampico is
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  • 360 3 The following properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Ching Kong Lee and Co.’s saleroom on Monday 999 years’ leasehold land and house Iff, Waterloo Stroet, area 5,882 sq. ft., bought by Mr. M. A. Meyer for 95,700.
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  • 164 3 Mr. David Gilmonr, the retiring manager of tho Chartered Hank, Kmla Lumpur, who is on board tho Arcadia, on route for homo achieved, witli Mr. J. Kcddie, of tho Dangkok branch of tho Hongkong and Shanghai Dank (formerly of Kuala Lumpur), tho distinction of
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  • 212 3 In the Supreme Court, on Tuosday boforo the acting Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. J. A. S. Bucknill, K.C., the lit arid*' was com* menced of an action in which Loh All Sweo, trader of Upper Nankin Street, claimed an injunction to restrain Too Hoc Lye
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 488 4 The 5. R. A. Meeting. The L lilies Comp-titioii B," a handicap Competition open to members of Rifle Clubs in tho Straits Settlements and F.M.S., distances 150 and 200 yards, 10 rounds at each, took place at Balesticr on Thursday in fine weather, tin re beiug a good
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    • 674 4 England v. The World. In conn, etion with the celebrations of St. George’s Day, to day, not the least interesting attraction will bo the football match on the S.C.C. ground between England and The World and a good game is autici patod. Thu selected players are as follows England.—F.
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    • 190 4 5.C.C. v. Garrison. The S.C.C. representatives proved to be in a scoring mood on Saturday when they played tho Ganison. Knocking up 224 for the loss of only six wickets they had the better of their opiioucuts, who could only total 122. For tho club, Scharenguivel put on 95
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    • 342 4 Sepoy Lines Golf Club. For tho Ladies’ ft peon for April only four cards were taken out. The scores were as follows:— Mrs. Holden 44— 6=38 Mrs. Badham-Thornhill 51 10 41 Miss Brooke Hunt 67 15 52 Mrs. Nieholsun 56 3 53 Golf in Java. The annual meeting to
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  • 442 4 At the last committee meeting of the Burma Chamber of Commerce there was consideied a letter dated March 5,1914, from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, drawing attention to the erratic despatch of mails to Singapore and the East, and inviting the
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  • 177 4 We are informed that tho Hast Asiatic company have opened an enginee ring depart incut in Singapore. While the firm will act as agents for all classes of engineering goods they will specialise on the Diesel oil motors which have been very highly developed by The Buriueistor
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  • 166 4 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Shanghai, April 16. Tlioro is increasing evidence on everv hand that another revolution is about to be attempted. The higher Chinese officials are known to be very anxious at the gravity and siz e
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  • 120 4 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Penang, April 21. At the Turf Club meeting, the lion. A. R. Adams introduced a proposal to bold three two day meetings yearly. He said it was purely an experiment and he did not think it would prove costly. The proposal was carried.
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  • 302 4 The report of the Kramat Pulai, Limited, to be submitted to tbe meeting on April 2, states that the net profits for the year to December 31 Amounted to .£11,742, to which has to be added the balance carried forward from the previous year, £3,754, together making £15,497.
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  • 156 4 A Macao named 11 oh Ah Tim wan stabbed to death in Sago Street on Monday evening by another Macao named Chow An Sana who lias, up to uow, eluded capturedFrom the story which has been hastily pi< ct < together it would appeared that th<
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  • 2710 5 ENGLAND WINS THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. Carpenlier-Jeannelte Fight. J. |V on; Special Coruksponokxt.) London, March 27. th,- real racing sportsman the opening Hat season has its principal charm not 1 I!,,, excitement of the spring handicaps, t in the appearance of the new two year n m.l in the
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  • 720 5 Tho twenty first annual general mooting of the shareholders of this bank was held on March 10, at Winchester House, Old Broad* street, Mr. 11. *J. Black (the chairman) presiding. The chief manager (Mr. P. Mould) read the
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  • 119 5 Writing on tho 15th inst. Messrs. Fraser and (Jo. state Owing t<> the Easter holidays share dealings have been miall and there is seareoly any change in prict s to report. Industrials an given most attention but with the exception of oil shares which have been a
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  • 3205 8 The Geology of (he Country. In tho Mining Magazine for March, Mr. Mungo Bark has an extensive article on Malaya, with special ref< reneo to the mining activities of the eountiv. \Se quote a few ol tho more impotiant passag*
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  • 191 8 A moot' the passengers booked to leave London for Singapore on May 1 is MajorGeneral R. N. Keade, C.B., who it is understood, will succeed Major-General T. L* Stephenson, C.B., the General Officer Com mauding, Straits Settlements. His carotr, according to the Army lint, is
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  • 1931 9 London, March 27. When the political atmosphere is surcliarg i with electricity it is scarcely to be expected that business on the Stock Exchange can be narticularly good, even in the best of times, nJ this week’s unexpected
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  • 275 9 The Singer Sewing Machino Company established sowing schools in China several years back and met with exceptional success, in particular at Shanghai and Hongkong, where hundreds of Chinese girls aro passed out annually as exports at sowing, dress making, and embroidery work. The success
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  • 182 9 The agreement regarding postal shipping services, to be effective September 80 next, has been presented to tho Reichstag. The only servico for which tho Norddeutschor Lloyd will receive a subsidy is, as already reported, the South Sea service. Tho company is ready to accept for this
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  • 136 9 The Royal Packet Steamship Co., is stead ily developing its motor boat service in the East. In the servico regulations for the first half of the year 19 i 4 special reference is made to the three new motor ships for service in Netherlands India.
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  • 68 9 Tho Archdeacon of Singapore wishes to acknowledge the following additional dona tions: First List $S6'.R4 H. K. C. Fisher 23.00 Hon. Dr. Calloway 100.00 J. Robertson 10.00 Prinsep Street Church 01.90 Per Rev. II. C. Ilenham 86.11 Per Rev. E. A. Hone 57.87 Rev. J. H. Smith
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  • 611 9 Tho first thing on Tuesday there arrived in port H.M.S. Yarmouth with the two submarines A.K. 1 and A.K. 2, on their way to Sydney, which she has convoyed from Colombo. H.M.A.S. Sydney has been in Singapore several days
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  • 79 9 (From Ouk Own Corkkspondknt.) Ponang, April 20. Litigation in connection with tho big firo at Chop Chip Eng's, last July, wuh finally disposed of this morning, Mr. Justice Ebdcn entering judgment for tho defendants in tho easo against the four insurance companies. Mr. Thorne said the defendants contested
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  • 70 9 We aro asked to publish details of tho following contributions rocoivod to dato towards the budding fund of the Fairfield School, which sum has been placed to the credit of tho fund at the Hongkong and Shanghai Hank Hon. Tan Jiak Kim, C.M 1, 1200 1
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  • 57 10 Mai kkn/.is —On the 16th instant, at the Nursing llotue, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. Murd'j Mnckcuxit, of llovea Estate, Jolioro, a daughter. Ciiaik On Apiil 1h, to Mr. and Mrs. I>. McLeod Cruik, a son. Van Bi-un. At the Nursing Home, St. Thomas's Walk, on April 21, to
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1092 10 —Straits Times, April 16. On the whole the position of the Ayer Punas Rubber Company, considering the general state of the industry, is good, aud we do not wish to say one unkindly word about the directors, who did the company a great Borvice when they exercised
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    • 1082 10 —Straits Times, April 17. Strange stories reach us from many quarters about China. There are ghastly accounts of tho fiendish atrocities perpetrated by W hito Wolf bandits. There aro statements that tho Republican Constitution with its theory of representative government has been east aside aud that
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    • 1187 10 U 11 H<liiruo even in partial failure. —Straits iiu,Lf S April 18. It does not seem probable that General I Huerta will add to the multitude of his I troubles a serious conflict with the Govern- I ment of the United States. He will, we think, find
      U 11 H<liiruo even in partial failure.—Straits iiu,LfS April 18.  -  1,187 words
    • 1335 11 TH E ARMY AND HOME RULE. —Straits Times, April 20. 1 1 HHity of feclini' in Kurland may bo p.»m J J a single sentence used iu "’-’"lg Post with every appearance i That sentence read as follows The Army has killed the Home Rule Bill, and the sooner the
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    • 1077 11 foundations of cool reason.--Straits Times, April ‘21. Curious little sidelights on the Ulster crisis may bo discovered reading through the columns on columns of matter thcrcancnt in the Homo Press. Poor Col. Seely was called to Buckingham Palace while the reply to General Gough was uuder consideration by
      foundations of cool reason.--Straits Times, April ‘21.  -  1,077 words
    • 1141 12 learn at liatavia in September.—Straits Times, April 22. We are asked to remind our Malayan planter readers that applications for space for exhibits at tho International Rubber Congress and Exhibition at Batavia iu September must Is: sent to the local secretary, Mr. W. E. van Rynbork, Singapore, not
      learn at liatavia in September.—Straits Times, April 22.  -  1,141 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 102 10 Tlie Pont t ee price of the Straits Times ia a year 7 hr post fre** price of tti*» Straits Hwlgrl it $14 a y*« T It if* not necrvarv to auhacribe for a year. 1 he till* chptions for shorter periods are at the »ame pr«»p..rionati- rate a* f&lt;&gt;r
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  • 42 10 4)KAT1IS. Nklsov. On the 17iii instant, at 1013, East Const Road, III the age of 16 mouths, Shei'a M ugan-t. y -uuger daughter of Mr. and M rs. Jus. Nelson. Knioiit. On April 19, at Colombo, Mabel, wife of Percy Lister Knight.
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  • 92 12 Money stringency is still felt acutely in many sections of the Chinese community, and it would help to relievo tho tension and to restore confidence if tho liquidators of the K wnng N 1 1&lt; Bank could see their way to make an interim dividend to depositors
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  • 1507 12 From the standpoint of the Americaneducated Chinese the establishment of a republic denotes tho culmination of all national aims and desires. 1 he abdication of Manchu sovereignty, the proclamation of a republican constitution, the election of a
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  • 116 12 The Secretary of the Singapore Slipway and Engineering Company communicates the following:—Tho twenty eighth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of tne Singapore Slipway and Engineering Co., Ltd., was held at the registered office of the company, Tanjong Pagar, on April 15, Mr. S. ALane in the
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  • 89 12 The mortality returns for Singapore by the Registrar of Births on«l Death* m&gt; that during the week ending Apt'il 4, t 1 were 182 deaths (124 males, 58 Hiving a ratio per luille of population 1 Malarial fever accounted for I'd death*-,)’ sis 24, convulsions 1H, beri
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  • 1861 13 ,KU0M A COBRKSPONDMNT.) Kuala Lumpur, April 20. T,,o Sanitary Hoard would appear to. suffer TD Y.u nf lethargy, becauso one suddenly rom /A everything that is being done is dJs “Natill One of these fits is on at the 1 S moment. As a solitary example, let
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  • 463 13 Tho Melchior Treub, the well-known oxpr&lt; ss, steamer of the K.P.M., running between Java Singapore-Deli, was to go into dry dock at Batavia for the usual cleaning and paint ing of the ship’s bottom on April 18. Her service will temporarily
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  • 297 13 A circular just published in Siaiucso and circulated amongst the farmers of Rangsit district provides a interesting example of how some 1 indowners regard their duties as territorial magnates. The circular in question has been issued by Dr. Yai Suapan Sauitwongse, and is addressed in the first
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  • 266 13 A Simla wirn of April 13 reports a distressing affair from Tonk. It appears that Major G. Dodd, Political agent, Wa/iristao, and Capt. G. B. Brown, 58th Vaughan’s Rifles, were sitting outside the political bungalow at Tonk on
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  • 500 13 The part of tho First Lord’s statement on tho Navy Estimates which aroused most iuterest afloat is that dealing with tho retirement of senior officers and the creation of the new rank of lieutenant-commander," says the Naval Correspondent of The
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  • 3052 14 Long and specially important messages will be found under separate headings. All the other Reuter telegrams received during the past week are given below.) Wednesday, April 15. A Tokio message says Count Okiirua, the popular and
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  • 849 14 Berlin, April 15. Russia lias lately been emphasizing interest in tho protection of Orthodox P c0 in Albania. The Greek Government desires some Ration of the Epirote claims. Triple A meeting of the statesmen of the 1 Alliance has been arranged. t iw&gt; The Vienna Fremdenblatt accentua &lt;
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  • 295 15 Colonel Sir Claude M. MacDonald gave a personal picture of tho flight for tho Lcga lions in Peking, and British women’s brave part in it, to a large audience at the Royal United Service Institution. Among his hearers were Admiral of
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  • 249 15 In a speech at the Hendon Aerodrome annual dinner, tho Earl of Lonsdale, who presided, implored aviators not to dope themselves or to drink to excess. He said he had no knowledge that they did so, but his experience of another sport urged him to make the
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  • 213 15 The annual general meeting of the Straits Settlements Association was held at tho offices of Paterson Simons and Co., Ltd., Crutchedfriars, London, E.C., on March 25. Mr. W. H. Shelford presided. The business was purely formal, and in presenting tho report aud accounts for the past year
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  • 1694 15 London, March 27. A week which has seen the dramatic arrival of Sir Fdward Carson in l ister, the response to his call by the Volunteer Force, the hurried drafting of troops into the Province, tho threatened resignation of
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
    • 273 16 Ai»ril 15 Hong Moll, Brit, str., Bainbridge, Penang, Ho Hong Sydney, H. M. cru., Giossop, Thursday Is. S. N. Officer Lai Sang. Brit, str., Moorey, Calcutta, Boustead Caste 11 IN loseh, Ger. str., Krohn, Bangkok, E. AsMisie Ellora, Brit. str.. Lyne, Calcutta, Boustead Atsuta Maru. Jap str., Koo, Middlesbro,
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    • 243 16 April 15 |Kinka*an Maru, Jap. str., Mukc Siam, Dan. str., Copmliagm via ports Kawae.hi Maru, Jap. str., Colombo A Bombay Troilus, Brit, str., Nagasaki A Japan ports Gottiugen, Ger. str.. Hamburg via ports Noiderney, Ger. str., Il'kong S'liai A Japan Beumohr, Brit str., Il'kong ,v Japan 16 Ellora, Brit,
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  • 893 16 At tho annual meeting of the Rajah l na Company, Ltd., held at Bangkok, recently, Mr. W. L. Grut presided, and the others preseut were Mr. C. W. Andersen, Mr. 11. Hansen, Commander Bojesen, Mr. J. A. Marlow, and Mr.
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  • 267 16 SiwiiAROBi, April 22, 1914. exchange On London Bank 4 m/s 2/44 Demand 2/4A Private 6 m/s 2/4 j{ 3 u./b 2/4 3 j On OiRMAVt. ...Bank d/d 2884 Private H m/s On FRANO».......Banfc d/d JJJJ Private 8 m/s 498 On India bank T. T. Private 80 d/s
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  • 354 16 SiN iAPoaa, April 22, 1914. MINING. Value (2 Bn er8 SoUo 10 10 Ampaug 8.50 1 1 Ayer Weng C.50 10 10 Belat 2.70 3.00 10 10 Bruang 1.80 10 10 Kampo* 10.25 10 10 Kanaboi 1.50 1.65 10 10 Kinta Association 10.00 11.50 £1 £1 Kinta
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  • 150 16 Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Per N. Y. K. Kashima Maru, sailing April 28. —Mr. A. J. Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Evens, Mrs. Pearsou and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. F. 1&gt;! Sime and child, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. S. Palmer! Mrs H. S. McKenzie and infant. Per
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  • 512 16 Signor Caruso, who lias just signed a contract with the Metropolitan Opera House in New York for the 1916 season at a salary of £600 a night, is erroneously stated to be receiving under this contract the highest salary ever given
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